The breakthrough for the aircraft came following repeated failures to break the sound barrier in previous test flights, with ...
When traveling near the speed of sound, the plane came up against a "sound barrier"—as though the velocity of sound represented a wall through which a plane could not move. With technological ...
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NASA first visually captured supersonic shock waves in 2019 after a decade of research. The technology was developed in part ...
Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave ... hit Mach 1.18 (772 mph) during its second supersonic flight on Feb. 10.
GM), added another chapter to its rich racing heritage at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah when a four-door Bonneville barreled through the timing traps at 202.524 mph making it the first ...